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    By John Walker
    London   J. Johnson; Verner, Hood, and Sharpe; et al.
    8.5" by 5.5" xii, unnumbered
    John Walker's detailed Gazetteer of the world, revised and expanded by Arthur Kenshaw and illustrated with many detailed folding maps, with a smart half calf binding.
    By John Walker

    1807 The Universal Gazetteer Being a Concise Description Alphabetically Arranged in the Known World

    London   J. Johnson; Verner, Hood, and Sharpe; et al.
    8.5" by 5.5" xii, unnumbered
    John Walker's detailed Gazetteer of the world, revised and expanded by Arthur Kenshaw and illustrated with many detailed folding maps, with a smart half calf binding.
    £275.00
    : 1kgs / : 973Z11
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    Description

    Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    The fourth edition.

    Illustrated with a folding frontispiece map and fourteen folding maps. Collated, complete. 

    John Walker's thorough gazetteer, providing an alphabetical geographical guide to the world and its towns, cities, rivers, mountains and more. The work also includes descriptions of the inhabitants of the world, describing their religions, manners, and governments, forming a comprehensive overview of the world and its people. This edition has been revised and enlarged by Arthur Kershaw. 

    Re-backed in modern calf, with marbled paper to the boards, original spine label laid down.

    Condition

    Half-calf, re-backed in modern calf, with marbled paper to the contemporary boards, original spine label laid down. Externally very smart with slight cracking to the spine, and slight bumping and wear to the extremities of the boards. Ink notations and the odd spot to the endpapers. Rear board lifting from the hinge slightly. Internally firmly bound with minimal age toning and light spotting to the extremities of the pages. with owner's signature to the title page. Closed tear to the map of the West Indies.

    Very Good Indeed

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